Is cloning the same as in vitro?

In an In-Vitro-Fertilisation (IVF) or test tube baby an egg fertilised by a sperm (creating a zygote) is transferred into the uterus. It creates progeny similar to normal conception. The child carries the DNA of both his/her parents. In case of cloning, a somatic cell is taken from a donor and used to create an embryo. read more

Human cloning and in vitro fertilisation may seem very different procedures; certainly, they are regarded very differently by many people at the present time. IVF is seen as a mainstream procedure raising few ethical problems, while cloning, or ‘reproductive’ cloning, is widely regarded as beyond the moral pale. read more

Do not be misled, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is cloning, and therapeutic cloning to harvest cell or organs is the same as reproductive cloning. In mastering therapeutic cloning to produce embryonic stem cells, researchers would be mastering the early stages of reproductive cloning. read more

Cloning is using DNA and such to create a life form exactly the same as the DNA itself, where as IVF (In Vito fertilisation) is a way in which a couple who need help to have a child can, the egg cell is fertilised outside of the woman's womb. read more